All of the Following Were True of the British Empiricists

question 51

Multiple Choice

All of the following were true of the British empiricists except:

• A)they attempted to explain the functioning of the mind as Newton had explained the functioning of the universe
• B)they denied the existence of innate ideas
• C)they believed that all ideas were derived from experience
• D)they denied the existence of mental events

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